Rhetorical

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"Rhetorical" in a Sentence (12 examples)

To win his audience, the speaker resorted to using rhetorical techniques he learned from his communication courses.

When someone speaks with such rhetorical flourish, it starts to sound like they're lying.

Who needs rhetorical questions?

Have you ever asked me a question that wasn't rhetorical?

I assume that was a rhetorical question.

A rhetorical question does not require an answer.

Tom started to answer the question and then realized it was a rhetorical question.

It's not a rhetorical question.

It was a rhetorical question.

Is that a rhetorical question?

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A rhetorical question is one used merely to make a point, with no response expected.

Unfortunately, she has used the attack as a launch pad for a bizarre and undercooked exercise in rhetorical bothsidesism, in which she argues that American Jews should be just as worried about college students who overzealously criticize Israel as they are about the aspiring Einsatzgruppen who shoot up shuls.

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